7th and 1st Battalions, East Lancashire Regiment.

Awarded the Military Medal in the London Gazette of 21 August 1917.

McNulty was a native of Burnley, Lancashire.

A Burnley Express of 1918 reports:- FIRST DAY OF BATTLE. Death claims Military Medallist. A member of a military family - Sergeant Thomas McNulty (23), 13100, East Lancashire Regiment, of Park Lane, off Bank Parade, Burnley, has made the supreme sacrifice on the first day of the German offensive, 21 March 1918. Sergeant McNulty at once responded to the call of his country. He enlisted on 4 August 1914, and went on active service in May of the following year. On 23 November 1916, he sustained a nasty bullet wound, which necessitated an operation at Netley Hospital. In the following June a act of conspicuous gallantry which he performed was brought to the notice of Major-General Bridge, and as a result he obtained the Military Medal. Before the war, Sergeant McNulty was a weaver at Hill Top Mill, but latterly he had worked at Grimshaw's Brewery. He was on the Roll of Honour of St. Mary's Catholic School. A votary of the navatorial art, he won several medals for his prowess in the water, and for three years in succession he assisted St. Mary's to win the schools' swimming shield. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs James McNulty. The father, who was in the National Defence Corps three and a half years, was for 17 years in the East Lancashire's and two years in the R.G.A. he fought in the South African War. The second son, James, is also a Sergeant in the East Lancashire Regiment, and was wounded in the retreat from Mons. He was gallantly rescued, after being hit, by Drummer Spencer John Bent, who subsequently received the V.C. The youngest son, Joseph McNulty is serving in France.

Mentioned on page 437 of the Regimental History.

"Soldiers Died in the Great War" shows:- Killed in action on the 21 March 1918, serving with the 1st Battalion. Born and enlisted at Burnley, Lancashire.